Telling my kids this is The Last Supper. NCT DREAM are back with their Dream( )scape mini, and most importantly their new single, “Smoothie“. At the bare minimum it gave …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: December 2023 (NewJeans, NCT 127, NMIXX, ATEEZ, TVXQ, WOODZ, HEIZE, Fatou, Baek Ji)
Hello, playlist darlings! New year, same old me (except I finally hit my 30s*), and I’m here with more B-sides for you all to listen to and enjoy. December was …
Read More »Rundown: AIMERS, Daesung, Yugyeom, A.C.E, ICHILLIN’, RESCENE, H1-KEY, NOMAD, more
It’s been weeks since the last Rundown and I apologize for that, but I was a bit busy and there was almost like a week off in that time anyway …
Read More »Quick Reviews: I think Taeyong wants us to “TAP” on him
I’m unclear on what Taeyong wants us to do to him with his newly-release comeback “TAP“. If only there was a three-letter word to describe it. Seriously though, he’s so …
Read More »Quick Reviews: TEN (NCT) makes solo debut with “Nightwalker”, could’ve used something more “Dangerous”
NCT‘s TEN has musically had my ear since “New Heroes” (and “Paint Me Naked” to a lesser extent), so his solo debut was always something that I’d be paying attention …
Read More »Brian Joo stars on the ‘PSICK SHOW’, makes me jealous of his OCD show, finds a kindred spirit in Jaejoong
Over a month ago, Fly To The Sky‘s Brian Joo talked about how he basically didn’t get paid while with SM Entertainment, and I mentioned that he’s having a second …
Read More »Bullet Points: Kim Tae Hee/Rain stalker, Nam Tae Hyun sentenced, Jaejoong still dealing with sasaengs, marriages, births, oh my
It’s been almost a month since I did this feature last, so quite frankly, there’s been a lot that’s happened even so early in the year. ====== Hyerim (ex-Wonder Girls) …
Read More »Bullet Points: Jin & Meisa divorce, plus just so much fandom fuckery, company news, and awards stuff
Hello and welcome to 2024! Been a rough start to things so far, at least in Korea and Japan, with the year beginning with political stabbings and earthquakes. Yeesh. Anyway, …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: October 2023 (SEVENTEEN, TXT, Taemin, NCT 127, ONF, Wheein, EVOLution, PIXY, KINGDOM, more)
Hello there, playlist darlings. Without rambling on too much this month, cutting down tracks for this one was really quite a lengthy process. It seems like every company was trying …
Read More »Netizens put up an impressive 24-hour period of hating (featuring Lee Seo, Jaemin, Giselle, Hyunjae, Kyujin)
Idols getting hate from netizens is obviously nothing new, but the recent spate of controversies has been remarkable even to me. In the span of about 24 hours, five articles …
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